And there are reasons to plant on the side if ur going to LST!!! And buddy I might be a n00b, but I read the "Grow Bible" and "Marijuana Basics" (both by Jorge) and tons of online shit, plus almost 500 posts to this site, to get where I'm at, ya I'm havin some probs, but nothin like your sayin, or like most n00bs, so I'll stick with what I'm doing and the "good" advice I've been givin so far.
AND, lol, if you want to put peoples or n00bs stuff down "show ur grow"....cuz if you have any experience at all, regardless if you are tellin me my plants look like shit, or I'm in the wrong soil, I'd listen!!!